Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes in the process. Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and 13th ...

A new exhibition at the University of Chicago Library quickly dispels the notion that a book should not be judged by its cover. Walking into the gallery of the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections ...

In April, the National Library of France removed four 19th century books, all published in Great Britain, from its shelves because the covers were likely laced with arsenic. The books have been placed ...